Good morning, everyone.

I'd like to call to order the Tuesday, July 14th meeting.

Regular meeting of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.

Will the clerk please call the role to establish our quorum?

Supervisor Marquez.

Here.

Supervisor Tam.

Present.

Supervisor Miley, excuse Supervisor Cortonado Bass.

President Hauber.

Present.

We have a quorum.

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Thank you all.

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Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Our next item is uh supervisors' remarks.

I'll ask Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Thank you, President Halbert.

Um, I wanted to invite everyone to go uh to join us at the next Alameda County Together for All Act for All Ad hoc committee meeting.

It's on Thursday, July 16 at 3 p.m.

Uh, we will have a number of updates on immigration, and it is very timely given the ongoing immigration enforcement that's happening at home in our county.

Um, and I also wanted to recognize that just in the past few weeks, there have been two people who have who have been killed at the hands of immigration enforcement in Bidford, Maine.

Yuan Sebastian uh Guerrero and then Houston, Texas, Lorenzo Salgado, Arujo.

Um, so we look forward to sharing a number of items.

The first will be an update on what's happening at the state and federal levels regarding the immigration landscape, and we'll hear from the attorney, the state attorney general's office as well as uh the immigrant legal resource center.

Secondly, we'll have an update on the implementation of our um ice-free zones policy and our response plan from the county administrator.

There's uh signs that have been put up in multiple buildings as well as protocols to ensure that our staff has more information to respond as needed.

And then thirdly, we'll have an update from the three coalitions that uh we are supporting who are serving the immigrant and refugee community.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Marquez.

Supervisor Tam, would you care to go first?

Go ahead.

Okay.

Um, good morning, everyone.

I also like to invite the community to our joint health and public protection committee meeting, which is going to be on um July 23rd, start time at 10 a.m.

in these chambers, and we'll be going over an update of the initiatives related to care first and jails last.

And then I'd also respectfully respectfully like to ask.

I know we're going to be adjourning this meeting in memory of former supervisor Scott Haggerty, but in addition to that, I'd also like to request that we adjourn in memory of Jose Cota and Jesse Mae Patterson Johnson.

Both of these individuals were elders that formerly lived in Russell City.

So we'll be uh adjourning in memory of their of them.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Tam.

Thank you, President Halbert.

Uh, wanted to report out on uh a joint town hall and open house.

I had with uh Senator Grayson, who now represents uh parts of Alameda County.

They includes Castle Valley, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro, and uh he's convening a joint uh workforce or task force in addressing um the East Bay wildfire preparedness because the East Bay is the second highest uh fire prone risk region next to the Pacific Palisades, and he talked about uh two bills he's under uh taking to uh provide more flexibility in terms of uh firefighter hiring and also looking at alternatives to um insurance premiums.

And um, I wanted to also mention that uh on July 23rd, um, there will be a convening at the Alameda County Transportation Commission of the uh 580 and 880 um truck uh traffic issues, and I encourage everyone to attend that meeting and also ask that we um close today's meeting in memory of Mark Crawford, the chair of the Alameda County Planning Commission, which I think Supervisor Miley was going to do.

That's quite right.

You did a great job.

I'll recognize again Supervisor Marquez.

I apologize, President Howard, but I but I should have announced that um there's an item today, a set matter item 11, and just wanted to let the public know that that item has been pulled, and we intend to re-agendize that item for August 4th as a set matter, but um we will confirm the time uh closer to that date.

And the item was a board letter approving the recommendations um with respect to an agreement with Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for the administration of the Russell City Redress Fund payments.

So again, this item has been pulled and will be reagendized to August 4th.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I would also like to reiterate and remind everyone we will be adjourning today's meeting in honor of Supervisor Haggerty, but I will also say that I will be pulling for discussion item 84.1, which will uh discuss renaming a county asset in his name.

So when we get to the mass motion, we will have uh more details about that.

I would also like to uh remind everyone, we just celebrated the Alameda County Fair.

Last day was two days ago.

I know many of us were able to enjoy the fair.

It was very successful this year, uh honoring our heritage of agriculture, but also just a great time.

I'd like to thank and uh recognize the Butler Amusements Company because they were very generous in providing um tickets and uh ride wristbands for people that otherwise couldn't afford to go to the fair and enjoy it.

Um Butler Amusements is a leader in the industry.

We're lucky to have them uh at our fair, and they're a very generous company.

So I'd like to thank Butler Amusements.

With that said, we have concluded supervisors' remarks.

We now have public comment on closed session items.

Any item that is listed on closed session is now up for public comment.

This excludes the regular calendar.

And as Supervisor Marquez mentioned, the set matter has been uh pulled.

Uh and this would also exclude the one o'clock set matters proclamations and general administration items, but anything on closed session is now open for public comment.

Do we have any speakers on closed session items?

Yes.

We have two in-person speakers.

John Jones the third and similar raimi.

Come on up.

Do we have any online?

Okay, thank you.

John Jones the third and then Simeu Raimi.

Two minutes each, guys.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here.

Yeah, absolutely.

Thank you.

Good morning, everyone.

I want to start by wishing you all health, healing, and blessings for you and your family members.

As you go into closed session, I want to respectfully request that you invoke the memory, the legacy, and the spirit of Supervisor Scott Hagerty.

When I started coming to these meetings over a decade ago, my colleagues should say things like they used to say some things that I didn't like, right?

They said, Oh, Scott is racist, this, that, and the third.

I'm calling him Scott for a reason.

Because I remember one time when he spoke, he was talking about his daughter.

And he wanted his kids to feel safe.

And for me, that light bulb went off.

Because I realized in that moment, I didn't just see it elected official.

I saw a human being.

I saw a parent.

I saw a father, just like me.

I saw somebody who wanted his kids to be safe, just like me.

And that sparked something for me.

And over the years, as I got to know Scott a little bit more, I want to start with people.

I always respected him because he, when we say you know, and stand on business, that's what Scott meant for me.

He told you what he thought and what he felt.

He didn't play games, right?

And as we were discussing the sheriff, the former sheriff, he said, hey John, he said, I'm gonna hook it up so we can sit down and have a meeting.

So I'm here today.

I'm glad to have this meeting, and I'm glad that uh supervisor Motley is here, even though he's not currently his seat because Scott has now joined that Pantheon with uh Richard Bayer and Wilma Chan.

You know, we lost a lot of people here, so I just want to come here publicly and say that uh I pray for Scott's family.

You know, I don't wish death on anybody, and I will always remember because at the end of the day, when I was coming here, I remember he used to tell me like he's he's he's up his head down, and when I missed his daughter, he popped his head up.

And he told me, he said, Nor me, when people come up here yapping, I don't pay attention.

He said, When you come, I sit straight in my chair.

Because I know even if I don't agree with you, I know you're gonna speak from your heart.

And he believed in me in a in a way that means a lot to me as someone for me incarcerated, right?

When Scott said, hey John, you surround for office.

That meant a lot to me.

This is someone who people told me was anything other than who he asked he was.

So I just want to thank you all because you all are carrying that work, but again, I want to come here publicly and honor the memory of Scott Haggerty and my prayers are with his family and his loved ones.

So thank you all.

Good morning, Young County.

I'm from the California Open Union of the Homes Health Outreach for Independent National Chicago.

Uh we have problems about this disabled people going to work.

They cut them off, but now you want them to go to work.

This government's trying to confuse y'all.

They don't know prices.

They have a right to work.

They're trying to be successful to society and help be part of society.

But society pushing them out.

Yes, we're all take care of people trying to take care of us.

Help us.

Yes, we're here.

This is not talking about.

I'm sorry, I've been getting just out really because there's got people out there.

It's not supposed to be out there.

They cry every night.

It's a miss.

They are not telling the truth.

And people come here from other cities and state making so much problems.

Of course, they see money, you know, for homeless, you know, for people, you know, how as people you make life successful.

And same time, food for the school, I have a USD program, and you opt in our program for food school gardening school, school feed free children, fresh food, all that, and make them back to help.

And so we can be part of growing food true because in Arkansas, oh, the children love this.

But you can't just understand what Jerry's all about.

So it needs the people.

It's the people that's running this country.

Now you're being working up.

Housing is a human right.

It's in the constitution.

You're going to shoot.

I've been fighting for it for the last 10 years.

I've seen your housing.

You're gonna be old folks who work on your life.

Be homeless.

You know, go up here.

I'm here to bring him and get them off the street.

It's 2000 campaign, just seeing you see another street.

I'm not gonna stop checking everyone on the street.

Then I wasn't gonna see you, but now I am.

I'm fighting for my own because you can't change the look down.

Who am I gonna go?

You don't have no Cs at home.

I'm trying to get this so we can have somewhere to go.

Don't throw us in the street.

We didn't read you.

Any other public comments?

There are no more speakers.

Very good.

We will now recess into closed session.

When we come back, we will take up our regular agenda items.

We are now in recess.

Good afternoon, everyone.

We are going to reconvene from closed session.

And we'll start by asking the clerk to call the role.

Supervisor Marquez.

Present.

Supervisor Tam, present.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Cortanato Bath.

President Howbert.

Present.

We have a quorum.

County Council, is there anything to report out?

Yes, Mr.

President.

I have uh a report out on two different items.

Uh the first is the case of Irvin versus County of Alameda, United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number three-uh 26 CV 04996.

In close session on June the 4th, your board authorized our office to retain outside counsel.

Uh the vote was unanimous by Supervisors Miley, Howard, Tam Marquez, and Fortunato Boss, all voting yes.

Um, with that direction, we retained the law firm of Kekar Van Nest and Peters, LLP.

Similarly, in the matter of Dykes versus County of Alameda, United States District Court, Northern District of California, case number 426 CV 06220 on June 30th.

Your board uh also approved the um request for authorization to retain counsel in the litigation matter, and the law firm of Kekur Van S and Peters was subsequently retained.

The vote was supervisors Halbert, Tam, Marquez, and Achinata Boss voting yes.

Supervisor Miley was absent and was excused.

We have no further reportable action taken.

Uh, just to clarify that we will be uh returning to closed session, but we do not anticipate any reportable action in the remaining items to be discussed.

Thank you very much.

Uh, with that, we will proceed to our 1 p.m.

set matters.

We have four set matters, the first three proclamations and commendations, the other one being a general administration item.

And so I'll begin.

The first is to proclaim July 19 through 25, 2026 as pre-trial probation and parole supervision week.

We have members in the audience that are here to receive this proclamation.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I see.

Chief Ford, do you have any of your staff here with us?

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm gonna read this proclamation and why we're here, then we'll come up and give members a chance to speak, and then we'll give the proclamation and take a group photo.

Today, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors is proud to recognize July 19th through July 25th, 2026 as pretrial probation and parole supervision week in Alameda County.

I know we're ahead of time.

It's not after, it's ahead of time.

We're pretty good there.

This observance gives us an opportunity to recognize the important work performed every day by community corrections professionals throughout our county.

The work of probation often happens behind the scenes, but it plays an important role in our justice system and in our communities.

Probation professionals help promote public safety, support accountability, and work with individuals as they meet as they move forward and rebuild their lives.

Here in Alameda County, probation staff work with individuals, families, victims, community organizations, service providers, and justice partners to coordinate services and support successful outcomes.

Their work includes supervision, case management, referrals to community resources, victim services, and support for re-entry and re-integration efforts.

The Alameda County Probation Department also continues to focus on professional development, staff wellness, innovation, and the use of technology and data to improve services and operations.

Community corrections professionals serve in many different roles, but they share one a common commitment to public service and to supporting safer and healthier communities throughout Alameda County.

Today we thank the dedicated professionals of the Alameda County probation department and our community corrections partners for their service, professionalism, and commitment to Alameda County residents.

Would you please give the team a round of applause?

Welcome.

All right.

So good afternoon, President Halbert, members of the board.

So on behalf of the probation department, I want to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of former Supervisor Scott Hagerty.

Supervisor Haggerty dedicated uh decades of service to Alameda County and his commitment to perfect public service and our communities leave a lasting legacy.

Also want to recognize the unexpected passing of uh one of my colleagues and dear friend, chief probation officer, Marlon Washington of Moran County, who passed away this Friday while we were returning from our statewide association meeting.

He was an exceptional leader, a trusted colleague, and a wonderful human being who will deeply be missed.

So thank you, President Halbert and members of the board for this proclamation, recognizing probation parole and pretrial supervision week.

Uh, I am honored to accept it on behalf of all of the amazing staff who uh serve our communities every day.

This recognition is especially meaningful because of much of the work that probation does happens quietly behind the scenes.

Every day, your staff, not my staff, your staff work to protect public safety while helping people change the trajectory of their lives.

They hold individuals accountable for their actions while creating opportunities for rehabilitation, restoration, and long term long-term success.

Those two responsibilities are not in conflict.

They are complimentary.

Probation is the balance between accountability and opportunity.

So in closing, thank you again for this recognition and for your continued partnership and support of the probation department.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chief, for yes, a round of applause.

I see your entire department as change makers, changing as you mentioned so aptly, the trajectory of people's lives.

If they do not have a good experience with your department, it can go downhill fast.

And if they do, they can get their life back on track.

And I know you have saved people's lives.

You and your team have saved people's lives because of the work that you do.

Do you have members of your team here?

Do they want to say a few words or come get this proclamation with you, or is it just you today?

Anybody's welcome.

Come on up.

Most of them are shy.

So they're probably just waiting for the photo.

We appreciate the opportunity also.

Thank you.

Our next item is item one oh eight, Supervisor Miley proclaiming July 17th, twenty twenty-six as love letters to our bodies day of renewal.

Supervisor Miley, the floor is yours.

Thank you, President Howard.

Yes, we do have today a proclamation for love letters to our bodies, day of renewal.

And I know a number of the representatives are in the audience today, and I'll read the proclamation and um we'll hear from folks and then get a picture with everybody.

Is that how you want to do it?

Okay.

All right.

So whereas the disease of cancer has devastating and disproportionate impact on the African American community, and whereas African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival rate for most cancers compared to other racial and ethnic groups.

And whereas cancer is the second leading cause of death among black Americans after heart disease.

And whereas African American women have a higher rate of cervical cancer and are more likely to die from it than women of most other racial and ethnic groups.

And whereas this disparity, or these excuse me, these disparities are attributed to multiple factors, including a late latter stage diagnosis due to heart health care access barriers, social economic factors affecting quality of care, systemic racism and health care delivery, higher prevailance of certain risk factors, lower participation in screening programs.

And whereas for the past five years, uh Mayo Institute incorporated five oh one C three nonprofit organization has offered love letters to our bodies, workshops to African American women navigating cancer with access insured regardless of ability to pay.

And whereas these workshops provide psych psycho uh social support and integrative therapy education to help participants navigate the physical and emotional impacts of cancer in its treatment.

And whereas on Friday, July 17th, 2026, Mayo Institute, Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, East Bay Healing House, and Black Ladies advocating for cancer care will convene the love letters to our bodies, day of renewal wellness summit at the Center for Healthy Communities, Oakland, offering restorative services to African American women with cancer and their caregivers.

Now, therefore, it's proclaimed the Board of Supervisors, County Valamita State of California does hereby proclaim February Friday, July 17th, 2026 as the Love of Letters to Our Bodies, Day of Renewal in Alameda County.

So if we have speakers, um, if you'd like to introduce yourself and make some remarks, and then we'll come down and present the proclamation and get some pictures.

First, I'd like to thank you, Supervisor Miley and the Board of Supervisors for proclaiming July 17, 2026 Love Letters to Our Bodies Day of Renewal.

And I'd like to thank our collaborating partners for working with us to offer this profoundly important day to the community.

Black ladies advocating for cancer care, who's represented here today by co-founder, Miss Juanita Waugh.

And she's also going to be honored on that day, along with two other women who are making a difference in the lives of others.

And the founder of Food Indie, Suzette Chaumet.

And the founder of East Bay Healing House, Adriana Parish, and licensed clinical social worker, Jennifer Grovey.

And finally to our friends at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic who couldn't be with us today because they're offering services, but they're here in spirit.

Each one of these organizations and individuals is in the business of helping to make the life better for women of our community.

For instance, Black is a partner with Stanford Medicine and Food Indy developing a food as medicine research project.

East Bay Healing House is offering a variety of supportive services, including Reiki and Sound Healing.

And the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic has been in existence for 30 years, providing free integrative medicine services to low-income women.

They do this with the help of volunteer practitioners.

When I approached Charlotte Maxwell five years ago about partnering with Moyo to offer the love letters to our bodies workshops for African American women, I learned that although they provide these free services to marginalized women with cancer, that there were very few African American women taking advantage of these services.

And this is not different from what research tells us about African American participation in integrative medicine.

A review of the research literature set out to answer a specific question.

Do African American cancer survivors find practices like mindfulness meditation, yoga, and tai chi acceptable, and are they actually using them?

In one case, the reviewers conducted a meta-analysis of 284 studies and narrowed it down to 14 that centered on the African American cancer experience, the survivors, and what they found should not surprise anyone in our community, but it's worth saying African American cancer survivors are open to these practices, that there is real receptiveness to mind-body and complementary approaches.

And the survivors who engaged with them reported meaningful improvements, such as better quality of life, less depression and anxiety, better managed pain, and even an easier time coping with treatment-related outcomes and weight changes.

And they also reported a stronger sense of social support.

So why isn't this more common?

Here's the harder truth that the research surfaces.

Even with this documented benefit, African American survivors remain underrepresented in mind-body research itself.

And these practices are rarely offered to them as they are a part of the standard cancer care.

They're rarely offered as a part of the standard cancer care.

And there are barriers, familiar ones, cost, simply not having a program nearby that's accessible or built with this community in mind.

The gap between what works and who gets offered it is exactly the space that Moyo Institute exists to close.

Not coincidentally, it's also the heart of why we're offering love letters to our bodies day of renewal.

And by the way, more than 50 women have signed up and registered for this day so far.

And there they'll be introduced to earseeds as a non-invasive way to experience the benefits of ear acupuncture, Reiki holistic energy healing.

And by the way, um, I to my knowledge, I was the first African American initiated as a Ricky Master in the US in 1990.

They also will be experiencing chair massage to nourish the body, emotional freedom technique, tapping uh led by Jennifer here to move stuck energy, as well as techniques for calming the stress response and information about healing foods.

The women will also experience the benefit from sound healing, which is all the rage these days, and um our beloved uh Adriana Parish will be offering the sound healing.

So we've all benefited personally from introduction to and participation in these various modalities, and we hope that this inaugural event will be the first of many to bring more integrative therapies to our communities.

And during that day, we'll also be honoring three women.

I introduced uh Mrs.

Waugh, but in addition, um, and she she's a co-founder of the Black Ladies Advocating for Cancer Care.

In addition, we'll be honoring Melody Johnson, who's a caregiver survivor, and who started a food pantry in her community for people who um need that service, and we'll be um honoring Jackie Mungo, who is the founder of the integrative healing, I see the holistic healing uh global network.

So thank you again for this proclamation and helping to bring about greater public awareness of these life supporting opportunities.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

And if it's okay, I'd like my colleagues to join us.

And I'm happy to answer any questions if anyone has any questions.

Thank you so much for being here.

Let's all take a group photo.

Thank you.

Any public comment on this?

There are no public comments.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure I need to do that.

The next item is item 109, Supervisor Miley commending and honoring the 100 black men of the Bay Area for exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication, and collective efforts to uplift and strengthen our community.

Supervisor Miley.

Thank you, President Howard.

Yes, it's a real pleasure to present this commendation to the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area.

You know, is that their uh the event held up in Monaghan's a few weeks ago uh where there was a celebration of this, it was a packed house that um that evening.

Um, you know, you can frequently find a number of us up in Monnihans, you know, Danny Williams, that's that's his establishment, and we go there for food and and you know uh uh beverages, let's put it that way, and socializing this that and the other.

So um it's really really good that we could recognize 100 black men today here at the Board of Supervisors.

So this is a real significant recognition.

And whereas 100 Black Men of America organization was founded in New York in 1963 and incorporated in 1986, with the Bay Area Chapter forming in 1988.

And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area has been officially named the 2026 large chapter of the year by its parent organization, 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, excuse me, 100 Black Men of America Incorporated.

And whereas this prestigious honor was announced at the 40th annual 100 Black Men of America Conference in New York.

And whereas the nation, uh the national large chapter of the year award represents the highest level of recognition achievable within the international network of the 100 Black Men.

And whereas the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area was singled out for its innovative youth initiatives, deeply impactful community programming and a historic milestone of delivering millions of dollars in cumulative academic scholarships to deserving local students.

Whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area is dedicated to empowering low to moderate income communities through programs that promote uh financial stability, health, healthy lifestyles, and long-term success.

And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area inspires youth through its motto, what they see is what they will be by providing positive mentorship and leadership that fosters character, achievement, and opportunity.

And whereas the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area advances educational achievement, health and wellness, and economic empowerment through the four for the future initiatives, strengthening individuals, families, and communities.

And whereas 100 Black Men of the Bay Area advances its four for the future core programs, mentoring, which provides evidence-based guidance to help youth reach their full potential.

Education, which offers scholarships and ongoing academic support, health and wellness, which promotes the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual well-being of individuals, and economic empowerment, which fosters financial literacy, career development, and long-term economic stability.

Now, therefore, this Board of Supervisors County Valamita City of State of California does hereby commend and honor 100 Black Men of the Bay Area Incorporated for its exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication and collective efforts to uplift and strengthen the community.

And I would just add, um, you know, I've I've known and been associated with 100 Black Men since my days on the Oakland City Council.

I know a number of them over the years.

Um, Jeff, I have all the admiration in the world for the organization.

You know, uh, former supervisor Keith Carson was a member, and you know, he got the board uh through the county to make a sizable contribution to 100 Black Pen of the Bay Area.

It was very, very sizable uh contribution.

And I would also mention that one of my interns, uh Grace Houston, Grace is around here somewhere.

Uh, she was back there, she's back, she she was in New York recognized as one of those student mentors or mentees, rather.

Um, you know, she's the daughter of um council member uh Ken Houston.

So there's just a lot of connections, and we're very, very proud of this organization for them receiving this national recognition.

So I think um President Danny Williams is gonna come up.

He's got a number of his brothers with him from the organization.

So the floor is yours, Mr.

Williams.

Welcome.

Thank you, thank you.

Well, you kind of said most of my speech in the real part there, so I'll be very short.

But uh, first of all, I want to thank the esteemed members of the Board of Supervisor for uh this distinguished uh distinguished guest and my fellow board members of the 100 black men of the Bay Area, which is here with me today.

On behalf of our organization, I want to express our deepest gratitude for this recognition.

Uh, it's truly an honor to stand before you today and accept this acknowledgement of our work and our commitment to the community.

This recognition is not just for us, but it's for the young people we mentor, the families we support in the neighborhoods we serve as this is a reminder that our efforts are seen and is valued and it's impactful.

Together, we together with this community leaders and the institutions like this board, we can ensure that our young men and women are not only supported today, but they are empowered to leave uh tomorrow.

So thanks again for this honor.

Um for the Nate Miley and the rest of the supervisors.

We really appreciate I've worked with most of you guys uh anyway.

So guys, I'm very familiar with you guys' work and the work that we do is an excellent partnership for us, the 100 Black Men to continue to do the work that we continue to do.

So thank you.

Congratulations on your award.

I'll ask, is there any public comment members in the room or online?

There are no public comments.

Let's go take a group photo.

But before we take that photo, um did you just have a birthday?

Yes, thank you.

Danny celebrated his birthday on Sunday.

I know we Tony and I missed it because we were at the uh little picket rodeo, but we know you had a good time.

Okay, our next item is item one ten.

This is a general administration one o'clock set matter.

This is the treasurer uh tax collector approving the following recommendations that are noted A, B, C, and D.

I'm going to turn the meeting over to um our county council and also to the tax collector, treasurer and his council for a brief staff report.

I think we first have to open the public hearing.

Yeah.

Move to open the public hearing.

I'll second that motion has been made and seconded to open the public hearing.

Will the clerk please call the role?

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi, Supervisor Tam.

Supervisor Cortinato Bass.

Hi.

President Hauber.

Hi.

Our public hearing is now open.

I guess would the next step be to ask members of the public if they wish to comment, or we have a staff report.

So we should have a presentation by the Treasury Tax Collector's Office, and then you can open it up for uh board comments and remarks or questions uh in the hearing, and then of course, take uh public testimony.

Thank you.

Mr.

Levy, the floor is yours.

Presentation.

Thank you.

Ten years ago when I became treasurer tax collector, a month or two after I took my office, uh, the board at that time, only one of whom is still here.

Uh had voted before I I took office, had voted to transfer a number of properties through what we call chapter eight to nonprofit called Hello Housing to develop into below market homes.

Um, I I would had I had the good fortune of consummating that when I I took my job, and I thought it was going to be super simple to keep doing this to replicate this over time.

uh the board at that time only one of whom is still here uh had voted before i i i took office had voted to transfer a number of properties through what we call chapter eight to a nonprofit called hello housing to develop into below market homes um i i would had i had the good fortune of consummating that when i i took my job and i thought it was going to be super simple to keep doing this to replicate this over time well it hasn't there's been innumerable road bumps bureaucratic uh just the whole effort by a nonprofit to get anything done today is historic because for the first time now in 10 years we you have the opportunity to approve a transfer so we're gonna that's what we're gonna ask you to do but before we do that uh about two years ago new a new law was passed that demands a hearing from you so uh to give you the details I'm gonna introduce uh one of my staff Casey Farmer many of you know her she's been involved in other aspects of county business I'm gonna ask her to kind of give you the details of what we're asking you to do.

Thanks good afternoon supervisors I want to start with a brief amount of context about uh the chapter eight program as you are aware after five years of tax delinquency the county has the power to sell tax defaulted properties when a property does not sell a tax auction the county can utilize chapter eight of the state revenue and taxation code which can be summarized as the selection of an eligible nonprofit for property transfer at the discretion of the tax collector through board approval followed by verification from the state controller's office and today's item calls upon the board uh to both conduct a hearing and approve the chapter eight sale of 8215 MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland the current owner of this parcel is the Oakland Community Housing Inc.

which dissolved in 2013 our recommendation is to transfer this parcel to Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation who plans to develop affordable housing on this vacant lot in alignment with the county's goals of affordable housing and to reducing homelessness it is in the county's best interest to sell this parcel at the lowest possible price allowed under the law to incentivize development at this long abandoned property and a very economically disadvantaged neighborhood.

So as referred to with the new state law AB418 the board is required to conduct a hearing on the proposed agreement sale to black cultural zone as well as to make findings based upon substantial evidence that the tax sale value of the property is less than the amount necessary to redeem the property such that there would be no excess proceeds from the tax sale.

So the appraised value of the property is 9000 dollars as determined by a licensed appraiser and the tax records from the tax collector's database show the redemption value for the property is more than 1.7 million.

So this evidence clearly shows that the redemption value exceeds the tax sale value uh and I have provided documents the appraisal and tax records for you all and the for the record so that's the portion for the hearing then I put are there any questions Supervisor Miley yes no questions I just want to make some comments because we've been waiting for this for a long long time you know this is in my my district it's near the um eastmontawn center which I have an office out there fed an office out there for you know decades even when I was on the Alpha City Council um and uh the there have been challenges and the reason this is really significant is because we want to have other tax defaulted properties um being made available for affordable housing um this is a strategy we want to pursue uh we earnestly want to pursue uh because there's a lot of these properties um in the city of Oakland and potentially throughout the county so I'm really really excited that we finally arrived at this point because I can remember talking to the treasurer I remember you know with um Stacy uh Casey Rather and uh um Carol Johnson Derek and others meeting on this uh trying to uh move this forward and it's like um unfortunately these things take time but anything you know worth having is worth pursuing and this is extremely uh important and I just hope that uh by doing this this will set the the stage for us to be able to do more of these in the future because this does serve the public good in many many many many ways and and when it comes time uh to close the hearing I'll do that and uh and I will proudly make the motion uh to advance this um and I just want to thank the treasurer um casey um black cultural zone and all of the um um parties involved in black culture zone uh for getting us to this point and being persistent and not giving up because um yes we we've got some good things coming down the road and even I know even across the street at the the former uh Goodyear site which is the site of the the Black Cultural Zone will be that big to

Um I just want to thank the treasurer, um Casey, uh, Black Cultural Zone, and all of the um parties involved in Black Culture Zone for getting us to this point and being persistent and not giving up because um yes, we we've got some good things coming down the road.

Yeah, and even I know even across the street at the former uh Goodyear site, which is the site in the Black Cultural Zone.

There'll be that big development there as well.

So great.

So thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley.

Um, then Marquez.

Thank you.

Um, I want to concur with my colleague.

This definitely is uh great news.

It's a potential important model to use uh vacant defaulted property for um a strong public use.

Um, I do hope that over time we might be able to use this model in my district, possibly West Oakland, where there are a couple sites that we have our eyes on.

And um I am interested in hearing a little bit more about now that you've been able to hopefully accomplish this after we vote, uh, what might be possible looking at lessons from this example.

Sure.

So we are looking most imminently at another 10 properties, and they are concentrated in east and west oakland, and we have uh essentially the legal framework to do so regarding the excess proceeds.

Um so the 10 that we are starting with essentially our low-hanging fruit are ones that the tax the taxes owed outweigh the value of the property.

So the lower value, um, excuse me, the lower price um is surely an incentive for the nonprofits who you know are seeking to develop affordable housing, but in a challenging environment to do so.

A number of the lots are quite small, some of them are contaminated.

We did just work with HCD at the city and also the county.

Um county was the lead uh to acquire an EPA grant to do the phase one and phase two assessments of these brown fields.

Um we don't know that there is contaminants there, but we know that this cost would be incurred upon the affordable housing community to do those assessments.

So by clearing the way, we're helping to reduce the risk for those developers.

So those are a couple of things in the pipeline.

Um, but I'd be happy to speak with your office further.

Supervisor Marquez.

Um, good afternoon, everyone.

Welcome.

I'm very, very excited and impressed with this work.

So congratulations, this deed.

It this indeed is a historic moment for our county.

Um, for those of you that weren't here this morning, I did share in my opening remarks that we are unfortunately going to be adjourning in memory of many people today.

And one of them is Jesse Mae Patterson Johnson, which is the mother of Carolyn Johnson, who uh probably getting ready for her mother's service right now.

So I know she would want to be here if it wasn't for that.

So I just want to acknowledge their family and give my sincere condolences to all of them.

Um she was also a member of our reparations commission, and I do feel strongly that this work demonstrates how existing county authority can be used to advance schools consistent with the Alameda County Reparations Commission, supports a black-led nonprofit focused on preventing displacement, preserving black culture, and expanding affordable housing in East Oakland.

These actions align with the reparations commission focus on addressing legacy of redlining, disinvestment, and the loss of black wealth and home ownership.

While not directly reparations itself, the proposed sale provides an example of how existing county tools can help advance reparative justice and outcomes.

So just congratulations to everyone and glad to hear that we have a list of 10 more properties and hopefully we'll be able to replicate this.

Um, I think it's an impressive model infrastructure.

Really happy to hear that you're tackling the environmental issues as well.

So thank you to everyone who played a role in making this possible.

Thank you.

Um indeed, looks like you've cracked the code on how to really make this work going forward.

So you have a pipeline of work, and that's a good thing.

I must thank county council for that.

Thank you, Farran.

Do we have any report from county council or the treasurer's council?

Is there anything else to report as part of the public hearing?

If not, are we ready to make close public hearing, make a motion?

Nothing to report.

Nothing to report.

Is there a motion to close the public hearing?

I'd like to move to close the public hearing.

I second that.

Tam will second it.

Motion's been made and seconded to close the public hearing.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunato Bath.

Aye.

President Howard.

Aye.

Is there a motion to approve this?

Do we have to take a public comment?

I should ask for public comment.

Is there anybody in the room or online who would like to comment on this item?

There are no public comments.

So Mr.

President, we we should have taken public comment before we close the public hearing.

So it asked you to move to reopen this.

Miley moves Tam seconds to open the public hearing again.

Is it okay?

Roll call vote.

One second.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Halbert.

I vote yes.

The public hearing is now reopened.

We'll have public comment.

Welcome.

Thank you.

My name is Regina Davis.

I'm from the Black Cultural Zone of the Real Estate Department, and I'm here to read a statement from Carolyn Johnson.

And thank you so much for recognizing her family situation today.

Securing the future of East Oakland.

Transforming 8215 MacArthur from a 30-year symbol of neighborhood neglect into a community asset.

Is exactly the radical place, what radical placemaking looks like, said Carolyn Johnson of the Black CEO of the Black Cultural Zone.

We are incredibly grateful to treasurer and tax collector Henry Leving and the Board of Supervisors for their visionary leadership.

By clearing the systemic hurdle, holding back this land, the county is empowering us to expand our footprint of stability, culture, and economic dignity for black residents of East Oakland.

We are looking forward to breathing new life into this space first through immediate community programming and ultimately through high quality affordable housing.

Thank you very much for your support.

Thank you for your comments.

Any other public comment?

There are no public comments.

Motion made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Miley to close the public hearing.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bath.

Aye.

President Howard.

I vote yes.

So now the public hearing has been opened and closed.

We're ready to make a motion.

I recognize Supervisor Miley would like to make a motion.

Marquez would like to second it.

Okay.

That's okay.

Do I have to articulate any findings or so it's my understanding that the findings are included in the resolution that you've been asked to adopt?

And so by adopting item C, you will be making the findings required for item B.

Okay.

So I'd like to move that based on the evidence in light of the whole record that the tax sale value of the property is less than the amount necessary to redeem the property.

Such that would be no excess proceeds from a tax sale auction.

I'd like to also include in the motion that we adopt the resolution to authorize the treasure tax collector to sell by agreement to the Black Cultural Zone Development Corporation.

The identified tax default property, which is subject to the tax collector's power of sale, and authorize the president of the board of supervisors to execute the agreement for the sale of tax defaulted property between the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda, State of California, and the Black Cultural Zone Development Corporation, non-profit, the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation.

We're going to the provisions of Division One, part six, chapter eight of the California Revenue Tax Code with regard to the subject real estate located at E215 MacArthur Pulvike Oakland, California, 94605, APN number 43-4620-11 for purchase price of $10.

Second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Miley, seconded by Supervisor Marquez.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Howard.

I vote yes.

We're done.

Can we get a picture of this?

It's historic.

We're going to get a picture.

How about a group photo?

No proclamation but a group photo.

We have county council too.

Oh

Okay.

Well, we finished our one PM set matters.

As mentioned earlier, our two p.m.

set matter has been continued.

Pulled.

Pulled and re-agendized for August 4th.

We will be confirming the time soon.

Thank you.

And that was item one hundred and eleven regarding the agreement with the Restless City Redress Fund and Philanthropic Ventures Foundation.

We'll now go to public comment on all items on the regular agenda.

That would be those items that are not closed session and not set matter items, but rather all items that are on our regular agenda.

Public comment on items on the agenda, either in the room or online.

If you're online, raise your hand.

Today.

Yes, we have in person online.

David Hall, item fifty-three fifty-four.

Corrine, item forty-six, similar raimi, item three.

Five, seven, nine, twenty-six, and fifteen.

Rachel for item forty-six.

I note that one has already left, but we'll take that speakers as called.

Welcome.

Good afternoon.

Um, good afternoon, President and Supervisors.

Thank you for your service to the people of the county of Alameda.

Um, I'd like to comment on item 53.

My name is David Hall.

I'm in a co-director of the tenants' rights program at Central Legal de la Raza, and I'm here in support of item 53, the Alameda County Housing Secure Program or ACHS.

ACHS is one of Alameda County's most important homelessness prevention initiatives.

It provides a critical safety net for low-income renters and homeowners while serving as a backbone of the county's housing legal services network.

Its importance has only grown as eviction filings remain approximately 150% of pre-pandemic levels.

Between October 2025 and March 2026, HECHS has provided direct legal services to more than four hundred and eighty county residents.

Oh, sorry.

Um, through legal consultations and representation.

We're on track to meet and in many areas exceed our performance goals.

We've already surpassed our annual targets for triaging tool intakes, tenant legal consultations, homeowner legal consultations.

In addition, we've reached fifty-five tenants through our know your rights presentations and ninety-one community members through our train the trainer workshops, which is a more than a hundred per six percent of our annual goal.

The proposed contract extension will allow us to keep providing legal consultations for both tenants and homeowners, full legal representation in housing cases, know your rights and train the trainer presentations, and perhaps most importantly, emergency financial assistance for eligible tenants and homeowners.

HE ACHS is an official efficient investment in housing stability.

Our emergency financial assistance can help resolve housing crises before they result in an eviction filing.

Um legal consultations divert cases also before they get to the courts where substantial time and money on both parties, both landlords and tenants are spent, and our know your rights education empowers tenants to resolve their disputes with landlords more effectively, more efficiently, supporting fair settlements and ensure ensuring compliance with local tenant protections, including the county's own just cause for eviction ordinance.

At a time when many of the housing programs supported by the temporary ARPA funding have ended, maintaining this investment is more important than ever.

ACHS helps keep Alameda County residents safely housed, it prevents homelessness, and it strengthens our community's housing stability.

And we respectfully ask for your support.

Thank you.

I do have a question.

Yes.

Do you track the services you provide by geography in terms of by city where they live?

Zip code where they live, city.

Yes, we have that capacity.

District one, district two, district three.

It might take a little doing to put the district reports together.

We don't have a template for that, but I'm sure we could do that.

The region, we have regions.

Okay.

Yes.

We'll take it offline because I am supportive of it.

I really would like to dig into that.

Gotcha.

My staff is listening, I hope.

And you're David Hall.

So we'll connect.

I'd be happy to do that.

You've been here before at our meetings.

Thank you.

Yes, I have.

I was also here to speak briefly on item 54.

Or for both.

Well, then I support item 54.

Do you support item 54 as well?

Okay.

Next public speaker.

Who is the next public speaker?

Karim?

Kiriam?

Item 46.

Maybe they've left.

Rachel.

Rachel, item 46.

Manly.

Rachel in the house.

Left.

Simulas left.

Craig Ladon, item 46.

Eugene, item 46.

Yes, my name is Eugene Nishinaga.

And I retired from BART in 2008.

During my time there, I managed BART's research and development division, of course, studying many transportation-related issues.

And I like to speak in with enthusiastic support for your decision to work with CyberTran and EarthGrid to build a transport technology that will move freight from the port to and from the port.

The system does uh cyber trans proposing is what we refer to at BART as an automated direct transport system.

And what this is a uh copy of the report that resulted in the summary of the findings.

And I'm very enthusiastic about this because the concept itself is very quite revolutionary, and it will achieve the same um it will achieve a improved cost benefit in terms of how much costs to do a unit of work by a factor of at least four.

And so if you can, if we if we complete this project, we will be a uh showcase for the entire world to replicate uh technology to be replicated throughout the world.

So I'm very enthusiastic about this, and I just wanted to come here to express my enthusiastic support for your decision to work with them.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your comments.

Next speaker.

Thank you.

I'm speaking on item number 47.

Good afternoon, President Howbert and members of the board.

My name is Aisha Knowles.

I serve as a trustee on the Alameda County Board of Education, served as a founding member and chair of the Russell City Reparative Justice Project Steering Committee.

I'm a resident of the unincorporated area, the producer of a documentary about Russell City called The Apology, and a descendant of Russell City.

I urge both the Board of Supervisors and the County of Alameda to expedite redress for the former residents of Russell City.

In June 2023, you took an important first step by issuing an apology to the former residents and descendants of Russell City, and that progress is important.

Thank you for acknowledging the generational trauma, inequity, and harm caused by the erasure of this beloved community.

However, it's been over 60 years, and the former residents of Russell City are older, some are ill and fighting health issues, and many of them are tired of waiting.

Just in the last two weeks, two Russell City elders passed away.

The number of living former residents continues to shrink.

The process of allocating Russell City redress funds and proceeding with redress overall must move now with the focused attention, appropriate staffing, and meaningful urgency this moment demands.

The funds and any future redress offerings are a symbolic acknowledgement that what happened to the people of Russell City was wrong.

The commitment must be matched by immediate action so the elders of Russell City experience justice while they are still alive.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

I should note that we will be adjourning adjourning this meeting in memory of the two that recently passed away.

And I thank the speaker for reminding us of that.

I think Supervisor Marquez for bringing that to our attention.

We will be adjourning this meeting in their name and honor.

Next speaker.

Carmen, go ahead, you have two minutes.

Carmen, please unmute your phone.

Yes, hello.

My name is Carmen Jovel.

I am the housing deputy director at the East Bay Community Law Center.

I'm also could you speak up?

Speak up a bit.

We can't hear you very well.

Can you hear me better?

Is that any better?

Hello.

Is that better?

Yes, that's better.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Okay.

My name is Carmen Hovel.

I'm the deputy director of housing at the East Bay Community Law Center.

I am speaking on item 53.

EBCLC is a participant in the AC Housing Secure Legal Services Collaborative, along with Hera and Centro Legal and other agencies that provide free life-saving legal services and necessary emergency financial assistance to keep low-income Alameda County residents most risk of eviction in their homes and off the streets.

This collaborative effort facilitates the emergency financial assistance, which not only benefits tenants who can remain housed and avoid homelessness, but also landlords who are quickly made whole and avoid costly drawn-out litigation.

Settling cases in this manner is a cost-saving and time-saving benefit for all parties involved.

This eviction defense is a is data proven effective tool for homelessness prevention.

Without these resources, the wealth gap widens, homelessness crises worsen, and our public benefit systems are further depleted and overburdened.

Please approve the funding on this contract so that our organizations and our partners can continue to support the hundreds of Alameda County tenants struggling to remain in their long-term rent-controlled or subsidized housing units.

Oh, yes, on item 53.

Next speaker, please.

Tara, go ahead, you have two minutes.

Good afternoon.

My name is Tara Clancy.

I am a mobile home resident in Cashavali.

I'm here to support item number 54, which is the continuation of our legal aid contract through Central Legal.

This has been an effective tool for residents who are facing threats of eviction and constant harassment from bad actors who constantly break the law to get what they want.

Having the assistance of a lawyer has helped many residents fight back legally and has protected our county from lawsuits.

The expertise which is being provided is not something that Central Legal was able to provide prior to this contract, and that is still true.

Without it, many low-income seniors would be left to fight these legal battles on their own, and many could face homelessness.

The legal troubles we have been experiencing the last few years are not stopping.

In fact, they are getting worse.

Having this contract as well as strong laws in place to protect these residents sends a message that Alameda County cares about its seniors and is willing to go to bet for them.

On that note, we have yet to pass the mobile home park overlay that we committed to back in 2024, and that we included in our housing element as a way to preserve affordable housing.

I would like to flag your attention to that because we need some help getting that done.

What was supposed to be a six-month process has taken nearly two years due to some roadblocks, and we still have a long way to go with that.

We'll be coming to you soon to bring that to your attention.

But today we are asking for you to continue the contract with legal aid to help the residents stay housed.

Thank you.

You have two minutes.

Speaking on item number 42 proposed by my supervisor Miley about safe storage.

I'm a resident of Pleasanton and a lifelong resident of Alameda County.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley, for your recommendation to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to adopt the ordinance to require firearms to be safely stored by applying trigger locks or using lock boxes in residences located within the unincorporated areas of Alameda County.

Thank you for citing the evidence in this proposed ordinance from the American Academy of Pediatrics and from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention that point to the danger of unsecured firearms on our children and the role that they play on secured firearms play in youth suicides.

Supervisors, this ordinance protects residents in our unincorporated areas who cannot enact such, as you know, safety measures on their own, unlike my town of Pleasanton, along with Dublin, Livermore, 43 other California cities, and several counties in California who have been able to adopt secure ordin uh storage ordinances.

So these unincorporated areas are in your hands to pass this measure.

This firearm safety ordinance aligns with the health and wellness goals you obviously support, judging from the various items that were on your agenda today alone.

Thank you then for promoting the safety of our children and all residents in those unincorporated areas throughout Alameda County by voting yes to require that firearms there be safely stored.

Thank you so much.

Next speaker.

Shirley, you have two minutes.

Go ahead, please.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Board Supervisors.

I am Shirley Lewandowski, a Dublin resident and volunteer with Liverboard Mom's Demand Action Group, where I promote safe storage of firearms through our BSmart program.

I'm also talking on item number 42, just like Ann.

Safe storage of firearms prevent unintentional shootings by children.

So far in 2026, there has been at least 142 unintentional shootings by children in the U.S., resulting in 49 deaths and 97 injuries.

In 2024, 2025, there were three incidents in California.

December 2024 in Fresno, a two-year-old toddler unintentionally shot and killed his 22-year-old mother in their apartment with a loaded gun not securely stored in ranch of Pucamonga.

A seven-year-old boy found a loaded gun in a glove box of a truck while sitting with his toddler brother.

The gun discharged, killing his baby brother.

Again, a gun that was not securely stored.

April 2025, an anti-och three-year-old child died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after accessing a loaded gun at home.

Again, not securely stored.

One can never assume that simply because a toddler may lack finger strength, they can't pull the trigger.

A child's thumb has twice the strength of the other fingers.

When a tolerant thumb pushes against the trigger, invariably the barrel of the gun is pointed directly in shot's face of someone else's.

Someone else's safe storage of firearms, trigger locks, and educating people on the B smart program are critically important to prevent any more unintentional shootings by children that kills themselves, a loved one, or another innocent person.

I asked this board to unanimously approve this proposal ordinance by the by supervisor Miley to help eliminate incidents like this from happening.

One unintentional shooting by a child is one too many.

One innocent victim killed from an unintentional shooting is one too many.

Thank you for your votes to approve.

Next speaker.

Patrick Messick, item number four.

Dexter item number 46.

And Peter Clark, item number 46.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

Supervisors.

My name is Darby Hatfield.

I was born and raised in Oakland and served as an Oakland.

Served as an Oakland Youth Oakland Youth Commissioner and graduated from Oakland Tech.

Today, the Board of Supervisors is taking a critical step to ensure that all Alameda County resident state residents are getting access to food.

This is especially critical given the impact of HR1 will have on public benefits and the families in Alameda County who depend on them.

Simply because they face simply because they face the challenges.

Navigating the system.

A phone line or complete confusing paperwork.

Here in here in here in Alam Alameda County, an estimated of 27,000 people are at risk of losing cow fresh.

Nearly half of those affected are expected to be expected to be Afric African American, making this both a food security issue and a racial equity issue that relates to the county's commitment to reparative justice.

First, fully staff the benefits hotlined and expand partnerships with food banks and community orgs that can help that can help people navigate these upcoming changes.

Second, increase public outreach so people understand what's going on and where to get help.

Now Supervisor Bass has already started raising awareness.

And I encourage the uh the rest of you to um build on these on these on these um efforts.

Thank you for your comments.

Can we give her a round of applause?

That was good.

Good afternoon, supervisors.

Incredible work, Darby.

My name is Patrick Messick.

I'm a former East Oakland Middle School teacher and co-dect co-director of the East Bay Broadband Consortium.

Darby's recommendations are critical.

Fully staff the county benefits hotline.

Darby herself called the hotline and was unfortunately disconnected.

Resource food banks and trusted community organizations and proactively outreached impacted residents.

As Darby named, the county has identified 27,000 Alameda County residents, nearly half of whom are African American, who are at risk of losing CalFresh this year due to the federal government's burdensome reporting rules.

These rules force our neighbors to repeatedly prove on the government's timetable that they deserve to eat.

Residents may have to document work or qualifying activities, prove an exemption, upload records, enroll in training, or obtain medical verification.

Much of the proof will rely on access to digital platforms.

Even here in the Silicon Valley's backyard, tens of thousands of Alameda County households lack home broadband access.

The vast majority of whom can't afford the Bay Area's average monthly internet bill of nearly 90 bucks a month.

Expanding reliable affordable internet access will be essential to managing the coming surge in recertifications.

With a stable connection, more residents will be able to navigate benefits cow independently, reducing avoidable demand on caseworkers and community navigators that will preserve limited social services and CBO capacity for residents facing the greatest barriers and needing the most hands-on support.

For the first time since 2019, Alameda County is represented by the PUC as a regional broadband consortium.

The EBBC looks forward to working alongside the county to expand infrastructure, advance common sense policies that increase competition in a consolidating market and invest in trusted institutions and innovative models that make reliable internet service affordable.

The federal government has built new barriers between residents and this assistance they deserve.

EBBC stands alongside you in ensuring those barriers do not result in empty refrigerators, lost health care, and preventable suffering.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Members of the board.

First, I want to express my sympathies for passing of Scott Haggerty.

When Scott Haggerty first was elected, I was working on this floor for this board.

So I've known Scott since he was first elected.

He and I had a good relationship.

We didn't always agree, but we could always agree to disagree.

And he was a trailblazer, and he's truly gonna be missed.

So I just want to recognize him.

Uh regarding our proposal, uh, we're living in a tariff world.

We need to work out ways in which we can move goods more efficiently at less cost and innovative ways.

And that's what we represent.

Uh the our members of our team aren't here because we weren't doing a presentation.

But you see, Berkeley is in charge of the technology for the implementation and deployment.

We own the technology.

Mannix, which was born on this floor with easy East by EDA, will help to deliver a factory to manufacture transit systems for global market.

Uh, it's less costly.

And the goal is to reduce uh truck traffic.

And then there's Earth Grid, who is working to establish a super utility grid and update our utility grid because it can't handle all the renewables that are being delivered today.

We need to upgrade our grid.

And they developed a new method of boring, and we can move freight and his tunnels underground and reduce the truck traffic off the freeways.

And so um talking about job creation for manufacturing, for the movement, for the distribution of the goods, the handling of the goods.

We're talking about um over 5,000 jobs here in the county.

So I'm here to answer any questions that you may have and uh asking for you to support the resolution.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Seeing no questions at this time, I'll call for the next speaker.

Good afternoon.

My name is Peter Clark.

I was on the advisory commission for the city of Oakland uh regarding the transportation amenities that should be brought in by the Oakland A's for doing the Howard terminal development.

Um, and what CyberTrain is proposing is uh was an aspect of what we were discussing for dealing with the freight that essentially has to go through that area in order to make these uh the transportation solutions uh operational.

Um, I urge that you support the um what Cyber China is uh presenting here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker.

Kristen, go ahead.

You have two minutes.

Hi, good afternoon.

Uh my name is Kristen Hackett.

I'm a community organizer with Mike in place.

I'm speaking on item 54 today.

Um, first I want to thank the Board of Supervisors for creating this contract in the first place, and I want to urge you to renew it.

This legal support has been invaluable in helping mobile home park owners exercise their rights effectively in the face of abuse of tactics taken by some park owners against residents to coerce addictions.

For example, last summer in Del Rio, residents received a wave of seven-day notices that were inappropriately used owners to intimidate residents.

With support um with support from this contract, we were able to host a teach-in uh on the appropriate use of seven-day notices and support residents in responding to those threats.

Unfortunately, some of the residents remained concerned and ended up tearing down entire portions of their home for no reason.

As nice examples suggests, the support is critical for this program and must be renewed, but it's also not enough.

As Tara Clancy already mentioned, uh, we've been working on a closure ordinance or change of use ordinance for mobile home parks since 2024.

It was supposed to go to the Board of Supervisors by December 2024, and then that deadline got moved to the spring of 2025.

It's now been over a year since uh census moved really at all.

It's been sitting in the planning commission.

This delay puts residents at risk and is enabling bad actors who don't think county will uh operate on behalf of residents.

This ordinant this ordinance aims to firm up protections for residents in the event of park closure and create a process through which county gains oversight and enforcement power.

Together the contracts for the for legal services and this ordinance can help keep residents in their homes and protect our parks.

And this is critical because of who makes use of this deeply affordable housing stock, which are seniors, low-income uh families.

Uh they also pay extremely low rents and are able to live there for up to 30 years, which is unheard of in rental markets.

So this is an extremely important uh housing type.

Thank you for your Lindsay.

Go ahead, you have two minutes.

Good afternoon, board members.

My name is Lindsay Wright, and I am here today to ask that you support item 54 and adopt contracts with lawyers to help defend mobile home parks.

Over the past year, mobile home park residents have seen an increase in hostile behavior from their owners.

Multiple parks are dealing with waves of seven-day notices like Del Rio.

I'm from Del Rio, and we're not the only ones this is happening to these are aimed at creating a trail to eviction for residents, along with abrupt changes to parking and lot lines that creates further confusion and unintended rule violations.

Residents have limited options on being able to fight back into that end.

We need lawyers willing to represent them here to help them not lose their homes.

Mobile home parks are one of the only natural unsubsidized forms of low-income housing options we have, and are often either the last option for some facing homelessness or the first step to having a home again.

Many residents are disabled, retired, and on a fixed income, or are new families with young and school age children.

To further protect these vulnerable residents, we need a strong closure ordinance in place.

Without one, a park closure would be detrimental to not only the people living there, but the surrounding community as well as many would have nowhere to go and would end up adding to the already dire homelessness problem.

Please help us protect our mobile home parks and their communities by adopting contracts with lawyers to represent park residents and supporting a strong closure ordinance in the unincorporated area and ensuring that that moves along at a pace that will actually help people.

Thank you so much for your time.

Very good.

With that, we've closed uh public comment on items of the regular calendar.

The next item is approval of minutes.

Minutes from the special meeting of Monday, June 2nd, Tuesday, June 30th, regular meeting and special meeting of Tuesday, January 28th.

Is there a motion to approve?

I'll move approval of the minutes listed.

I'll second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Marquez to approve the minutes of prior meetings.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Howard.

I vote yes.

Next item is the item one consent calendar, items 112 through 122.

Is there a motion to approve?

I'll move the consent calendar.

Motion's been made by Supervisor TAM, second by Supervisor Miley to approve the consent calendar for today.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marcus.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam, aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Hauber.

I vote yes.

Next item is our mass motion.

Uh President Howard, before you entertain a motion, I want to make a correction on the record.

Item four from the Social Services Agency 4D should indicate that the contract is for congregate versus home delivered meals.

Okay.

And I also want to announce that item 85 was pulled by the department.

Okay.

Thank you.

We'll proceed with the mass motion.

Um, Mr.

President, I will move items two, three, four with the corrections.

Questions on four.

Five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty twenty twenty-one, twenty two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty.

Questions on four five six seven nine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Comments on 40 41 Comments on 41 42 I'm sorry 43 44 comments on 44 45 comments on 45 47 comments on 47 49 50 51 52 53 comments on 53 54 comments on 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 77 78 79 80 81 82 84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 100 10 2 13 104 105 and 106 I didn't hear 84.1.

Is that not in the mass motion?

Correct, that is not in the motion.

Okay.

84.1.

Yeah.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'll have comments on that when we get to that point.

Okay.

Um I note that several items weren't called because we uh have recusals to make.

We'll take that up at that time.

Um the first question I have is item four.

And so we heard a public speaker say that our hotline was disconnected.

Have we resolved that?

Or do we know what that's about?

I think the speaker was speaking about the customer service call center and the social services agency, and it's not disconnected.

Okay.

Um it might take some time to answer some of the calls, but it's it's fully staffed.

Okay.

Thank you.

Next item with questions, I think was um item 20, supervisor Miley.

Oh, yes, item 20.

I just want to uh remark or uh disclose.

I most people know this, but I am a board member of Youth Uprising.

Excuse me, um, yes, youth uprising.

I was thinking about reach because both uprising and reach other two county facilities are in my district.

Uh so I'm a board member of youth uprising, but I don't receive any compensation or anything.

I think board member of youth uprising and I um sure that I can continue to vote on expenditures that go to uh youth uprising, helped get it started and continue to be a strong supporter of youth uprising.

So just want to disclose that for the record once again.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Marquez, item 40, some comments, questions.

Yes.

Thank you, President Howard.

I'm really excited to announce for the public.

Item number 40 is our board letter to sign in MOU with New Haven Schools Foundation.

They are our fiscal agent to help us put on science in the park, which is coming back.

I'm really excited.

This is a biannual event that was started by super the late supervisor Richard Viet, and this will be um our eighth event, and this focuses on Steam Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

We plan to have over 100 vendors, including NASA, Chabot Space and Science, Math Science Nucleus, UCSF, and CSU East Bay.

It is a free community event open to the entire county of Alameda and its residents.

It's going to be on Saturday, October 3rd.

Thank you to my team for coloring this beautiful coloring page.

So I'm going to give a coloring page and a postcard to all of my colleagues.

Encourage the young people to come out to stay curious to learn more about jobs in Steam.

We're going to have an egg drop contest where the kids get to decide design their own parachute and see if they're a kid with Stan being dropped off of a ladder from Hayward Fire Department.

We're also going to have a contest with elected officials, educational animal programs, virtual reality games, air rockets, health screenings, and a bike mobile.

So please save the date, October 3rd.

And this is going to be at the CSU East Bay campus in front of the music building.

So just wanted to invite the entire community to come out.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I know the clerk has informed me that Chowdhury has her hand raised.

Is that for this item?

Well, let's recognize Ms.

Chowdry.

Thank you.

Good afternoon, Supervisors.

Anika Chowdry.

I thought I heard item eight pulled out, which is why I had my hand raised.

It's pulled out due to a recusal.

Oh, okay.

My apologies.

Thank you.

Yeah, we will be taking that up after the rest of the mass motion.

So just a point of order, uh, President Halbert.

I don't think my motion was seconded, my mass motion.

Second.

Thank you.

The next items that were pulled for discussion, I pulled, and I'll just take them all at once.

But I would like to note on item 38.

One of our discretionary funding opportunities is to fund the Fremont Age Well Center at Lake Elizabeth to support programs for elder adults.

I note that other discretionary items, namely 41.

I'd like to commend Supervisor Marquez for supporting Joshua's gift with a very important grant of discretionary funds.

Youth Alive to help victims of recovering from violent injuries.

A discretionary grant to support solid rock community to support safe alternatives to violent environments, a shelter for battered women.

Another discretionary grant to 1,000 mothers to prevent violence.

Lorraine Taylor, she does great work in our community.

I know her very well.

Another discretionary grant.

Supervisor Miley, the 23rd annual healthy living festival.

Discretionary grant from your prior year savings.

Another one supporting goodness village.

Helping those achieve a home.

Supervisor Tam Foreza.

I don't know if I'm saying that right.

Ferza.

Educational coalition.

San Lorenzo Family Health Center.

These are all extremely worthy discretionary grants, in my opinion.

Yet they are under attack by a Senate Bill 1193.

And for no good reason, in my opinion.

But anyway, I'm supportive of these.

Yes, thank you.

This is a letter brought forward by our vice president, Supervisor TAM to approve 100,000 in District 3 enhancing vision 2036 funds to contribute to the Russell City redress.

So thank you so much, Supervisor TAM, for your contributions.

This now brings the fund to 1.3 million dollars.

And just really excited about the work we're doing in partnership with the city of Hayward.

And just wanted to make one little clarification clarification in the board letter.

Included um former residents and descendants of Russell City.

So thank you so much for that partnership.

The next item that I have note of, and if I miss one, please jump in.

But Supervisor Fortunato Bass item 53 and 54.

Thank you.

Regarding item 53, Alameda County Housing Secure, I am definitely supportive of this.

I think it's a very critical program and appreciate the work that Central Legal does.

I had asked HCD to share any demographic data that they had, whether it was racial or ethnic data or income level.

I think it's really important to have a sense that we're impacting those who are really the most housing insecure.

And so I was very pleased to get that information back.

I don't know if HCD has it handy, but I think it's worth sharing.

And given that we recently approved the reparations report and are trying to figure out how to incorporate that work into our policy making.

I think it would be really helpful if on an ongoing basis we were able to not only include results-based accountability outcomes, but also any demographic data that could give us insights into how we're impacting the lives of the most vulnerable members of our community.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for your questions.

And yes, we do have a fairly colorful flyer that we can share with the full board.

Basically, there are three main services under tenant legal services, which includes 815 consultations and over 600 representations.

What we see is that over 47% are African American.

White is approximately 15%.

And then under the emergency financial assistance program, 38% are African American, 52% are multiracial, and 8% are white.

When you look at our income levels across all three programs, over 70% of all households are between zero and 30% of area median income.

So we are definitely targeting our programs to the lowest income households.

And those are really the folks who need the most help.

We did have some data on we did have some data on my other computer.

I'm sorry about where folks are from, but we see Hayward as a high user of the services, Oakland to specific zip codes, but we also see folks using it in Livermore, in Fremont, in Union City, in San Leandro, and Alameda is actually right up there as one of the highest users.

So it's really across the entire county usage.

We have it by zip code, though, not necessarily by city.

So where are those zip codes?

For instance, Emoryville is also an Oakland zip code, and some zip codes cross cities.

Thank you.

That's very helpful.

Thank you.

I believe item 100 also, Supervisor Fort's not a vast question that you have.

Oh, number 54, actually.

Oh, 54.

Um, so 54.

This is the mobile home housing stabilization.

Um, I wanted to, you know, support the program.

Thank the um speakers who spoke during public comment.

Um, mobile homes are an important source of naturally occurring affordable housing in Alameda County.

Um and most residents, as we know are low income, they're seniors, they may have a disability.

So preserving housing in mobile home parks is um very important in our housings, um, our county's housing element.

Um my office uh has heard from residents in mobile home parks, including the Paradise Trailer Court.

That's at risk of closing.

Um, you know, we heard some of those comments.

Um we also have heard firsthand uh some of those experiences, which include um people sharing uh harassment intimidation, threats of eviction from their landlords.

And so this legal aid is really critical.

Um, and while legal aid is critical, as some of the speakers commented, um, they're also advocating for a mobile home change use ordinance to provide greater county oversight for bad actors in terms of landlords.

So I understand the ordinance has been in the planning commission for a couple years.

I'm interested in hearing how we can potentially move that forward so we can ensure not displacing anyone else, um, so that we're sort of combining the legal services with even more protections.

So uh the planning commission did hear it at one point, and then it it had there were some changes and it went uh through another round.

So in terms of the length of time, there's a lot of public process here.

Uh there's a number of stakeholders.

Obviously, this the ordinance has changed over time, but uh at last hearing the planning commission made some changes in May.

They heard it.

And so staff currently are working on some of those changes and expects to bring it back to the planning commission uh in August or September.

Okay, and from there, does it go to the unincorporated services committee?

Then it would go to if you go to the full board for the board planning meeting.

Uh it could go to a committee, but it will still make it to the full board uh directly after that.

Okay, great.

I mean anything just given our housing affordability crisis and overall affordability issues.

Anything that we can do to help preserve affordable housing and keep people housed uh would be tremendous.

So look forward to that coming to our full board.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Fort Center Bass item 100.

Okay, so um uh for Alameda Fire Department.

First, congratulations on the graduation of the recent Academy of Recruits.

Thank you so much.

Um, I just wanted to mention in terms of number 97.

Very glad that the um fire department is applying for the Calfire Foundation grant.

And in regards to item 100, um, I know this uh California State Coastal Conservancy Wildfire Resilience Grant Program has allowed us to have a fuel reduction crew uh with the extension of the funding uh one million dollars and additional uh year, I believe.

Um how large is our fuel uh reduction crew, and is this grant maintaining that crew, or is it allowing us to expand?

Uh President Halbert, uh member of the uh Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Willie McDonald, the Alameda County Fire Chief.

Um, our crew is uh 18 members.

Um we have had uh some folks uh move on to other positions and some within um our own department.

Um so our crew is 18 members.

Um it's really uh an extenuation or continuation of the group.

Uh we've only had 18 members, that's been the highest number we've had.

Um but we are considering um adding to the group because of the need and the work that's out there.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Chief.

Your team does great work.

Thank you so much.

Are they located at the fairgrounds yet?

Uh not yet.

Okay, they're on their way there.

Okay.

Um actually we're considering moving them to a new new site in the new location.

We're working out an agreement.

Anything you need, we're here to help.

Thank you.

So it's a great program.

All right, thank you.

No other questions.

With that, we've um discussed the motion made before us by Supervisor Tam and seconded.

Was it Miley?

Marquez Supervisor Marquez.

I know Nate is not here, but we'll take the roll call vote anyway.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye, Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley, excused Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye, President Halbert.

I vote yes.

I believe that um we could possibly take up items that require us to recuse ourselves.

Would that be okay?

Supervisor Miley, would you like to list off your recusals?

And then I'll do the same.

Yeah, I just have one recusal today.

That's an item 48.

I believe 4810 is a contribution to the united seniors.

Once again, I'm president of the United Seniors on the board there.

And I received no compensation from the seniors, but my daughter as of September does work for the United Seniors.

Thank you.

And I will also recuse myself from items uh eight and 56.

I'll be honest, I'm not 100% sure that I have uh financial conflict, but I do believe I may have received a contribution uh from each of these vendors.

And so out of abundance of caution, I'm gonna recuse myself.

That'll leave us with three that can still take up the these items.

Uh let's take out uh the recusal from Supervisor Miley.

All four fifths.

Yeah.

I should have looked closer at that.

This one's not four fifths, but Miley's is okay.

Let's vote on um, I'll entertain a motion for that item.

I'll move item 48.

I'll second.

Motion's been made by Supervisor TAM, second by Supervisor Marquez to approve item 48.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Tam.

Supervisor Miley has recused himself from discussing or voting the item and left the room.

Supervisor Cotonado Bass.

Aye.

President Hauber.

I vote.

Yes.

Thank you all for recognizing that the item passes.

And with that, I will recuse myself and leave the room on item eight and fifty six.

Yep.

Supervisor Tam, you can leave this.

8 and 56.

Do I have a motion for item number eight and number 56?

So move.

I have a motion by Supervisor Miley.

Second by Supervisor Marquez.

Further discussion, hearing none.

We'll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Aye.

President Halbert has recused himself from these from discussing or voting on these items and left the room.

So does the items pass?

Okay.

So your next item.

The next item is item 46.

Mr.

President, I pulled item 46 as I wanted to speak to that.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Miley, the floor is yours.

Thank you.

So item 46.

Yeah.

Bringing this resolution to the board.

This has come to the Transportation Planning Committee.

Supervisor Halbert and I heard this item.

County Council had to review the resolution.

Um and um make some slight edits.

But this is very, very important, extremely important.

Um, as is was pointed out uh by one of the speakers, you know, Supervisor Hagerty, when he was here, uh, we supported um the efforts around um uh cybertron.

And at that point, uh it was more directed at um passenger service along the uh 580 uh corridor.

Uh right now that has shifted to uh looking at freight movement, goods movement along the 880 corridor coming out of the port of Oakland, which is extremely extremely uh important for any number of reasons.

You know, the port of Oakland is the economic engine, uh not just for the city of Oakland, uh, but for the region, and we need to ensure that uh the port remains um um uh viable um and that everything we can do to ensure its viability uh is uh undertaken and this resolution is part of that.

And we also know that truck traffic on uh interstate 880 has produced um you know some problems with congestion uh with um uh pollution and and and and just inconvenience at times.

And so with this technology, Cybertrain and the Partners Earth Grid and others, uh this will really advance the ability to be a win-win in terms of um providing the ability to move goods, and as we all know, uh most goods that we receive come by trucks.

I mean, if we if you don't have trucks uh bringing goods, we would we'd be hurting, you know.

This picture uh probably came by truck.

These you know the materials, these seats, all this stuff came by trucks uh to be uh delivered.

And if you do away with trucks, then you know we wouldn't have the goods that we need.

But with this particular technology, uh goods will be able, and we're not gonna eliminate trucks, but goods will be able to be delivered through uh the cybertrend and the ultralight rail uh transit system uh technology in the county, and it'll go all the way out past um the Altamont and ultimately uh into uh the Central Valley, which is you know just cutting edge, and as pointed out, innovative.

And so it gets at the issue of the need for goods.

It also gets at the issue of eliminating or reducing uh truck traffic uh in the um the concerns that that produces, and as is pointed out, it's gonna provide a lot of jobs, a lot a lot of jobs, and these will be good paying union jobs at that.

And I know the um Alameda Building and Trades likes to hear that.

That's music to their ears, and I'm sure it's music to our ears as well.

It'll maintain the viability of the Port of Oakland.

reducing uh truck traffic uh in the um the concerns that that produces and that's supported out it's going to provide a lot of jobs a lot a lot of jobs and these will be good paying union jobs at that and i know the um alameda building and trades likes to hear that that's music to their ears and i'm sure it's music to our ears as well it'll maintain the viability of the port of oakland it could even propel the port of oakland become the number one port on the uh west coast as opposed to you know the port of long beach and in l we we would could surpass them as well as the port of seattle or tacoma um so this is something something we really really uh need to get behind and support and the the technology that has been explained to me in terms of the tunneling is just phenomenal is just phenomenal um this tunnel tunneling technology i can't believe it so if this advances which i hope it does advance not just our resolution supporting it but the effort advances I think um uh we're gonna be putting alameda county on the map uh nationally uh because I don't think anything like this exists in the country so those are some of my comments on this and I hope my colleagues support this resolution thank you supervisor Miley I I am supportive of this resolution I note that um this is one step in the journey one step in the long journey I wish you the best in that journey keep us informed on how you proceed and how you fare on this journey yeah I wanted to ask you did do you have anything else you wanted to comment on Mr.

Viz real fast we'll invite you to come up and speak thank you yeah I want to talk about Gene Nishinaga Gina Shinaga developed a control system that operates bar today all right so it's been upgraded since then and it but this is a brilliant guy he's the reason why we can move nine uh three tons every nine seconds that means a nine second headway and just so you know what a headway is you drive on the freeway and you're going 80 miles an hour hopefully you're not but if you're speaking at 80 miles an hour and there's a car in front of you if it hits a brick wall you got one two seconds before you hit bar trains typically operate at a three minute headway we can move our system but nine second headways and the tunneling yeah for Earth Grid is incredible uh we hosted a demonstration for Caltrans we have a lot of support on the state level we have a lot of support on the federal level it's been vetted by the FTA so uh we're excited that and we want to thank you because this is definitely helping us to keep the trajectory moving and also uh like to talk about your uh October 3rd event because we exhibit our technology you know so all right thank you so this item was pulled out of the mass motion would you like to make the motion yes I'd like to um move the the resolution in support of um uh the ultra-light rail transit system in alameda county i'll second the motion so motion's been made supervisor miley second by supervisor halbert roll call vote please supervisor marquez a supervisor tam aye supervisor miley aye supervisor fortunata bass aye president halbert i vote yes your next item is item 83 it's a recommendation that your board formally appoint Timothy Flanagan as your chief information officer effective September 13th 2026 at a biweekly salary of 1211 dollars i'd like to move approval of item 83 is this the four fifths vote required we have four anyway okay four so I'll just make a comment um i'll move the item is there a second i'll second uh item's been moved and seconded i just would like to say uh welcome aboard to our new it chief also to say not here i know he starts later but welcome aboard when he gets here and i'd like to say thank you to our team who um worked so hard to keep the department going uh as we went through an extensive recruiting process uh that we evaluated many candidates and we're lucky to have Tim starting shortly so thank you to the team that got us through to this point with that said a motion has been made seconded with the clerk please call the role supervisor marquez excused supervisor tan aye supervisor miley aye supervisor fortunato bass aye president halber i vote yes your next item is item 84 point one uh it's a recommendation from the county administrator and the director of general services agency related to a naming opportunity on the alameda county fairgrounds for to rename the amador pavilion in Pleasanton in memory of former alamed county supervisor um Scott Haggerty so I want to just um as a point of personal privilege to extend my condolences to Scott's family to his

I vote yes.

Your next item is item 84.1.

It's a recommendation from the county administrator and the director of general services agency related to a naming opportunity on the Alameda County Fairgrounds for to rename the Amador Pavilion in Pleasanton in memory of former Alameda County Supervisor Scott Hagerty.

So I wanted just as a point of personal privilege to extend my condolences to Scott's family, to his three children and his wife Patty, on behalf of my office as well as all of the current and former elected and appointed department has that had the opportunity to work with Scott.

I was fortunate to be able to work with Scott throughout his entire tenure.

He was elected right after my uh appointment as county administrator and have many fond memories and lots of stories.

But uh today I'm before you to make a recommendation along with the GSA director at the um request of the board president on behalf of your full board.

And I just wanted to read a portion of the letter, which I think just provides a snapshot of some of Supervisor Haggerty's accomplishments and vision.

Um, Supervisor Haggerty's longstanding commitment to our communities touched many lives.

His unwavering devotion to improving transportation services and advocating for the residents he represented will continue to benefit future generations.

His legacy is one of service, vision, and steadfast dedication to the public good.

Scott was a valued partner and will be remembered for his countless efforts to expand county services in the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas.

He also understood the value of prioritizing the county's fiscal health to promote and protect the county's long-term financial resilience.

Representing a diverse district that makes suburban neighborhoods, office building, and technology with ranch lands, vineyards, and natural open space.

Scott played a key role in promoting agriculture, land conservation, and alternative energy in his district and across the county.

Ava Community Energy, which would not have existed without Scott's vision and persistence, named its wind farm on the Altamont Pass in his honor five years ago.

It's now recalled the Scott Haggerty Wind Farm Center.

And one of his final initiatives while in office was providing funding for the goodness village in Livermore, the tiny home affordable community built to address housing insecurity in the Tri-Valley.

A strong proponent of the fairgrounds is a regional economic asset that promotes youth engagement and education related to agriculture, especially through the 4H.

Former Supervisor Haggerty supported the Marissa Hunt Agricultural Education Center and Youth Barn that opened on the fairgrounds in 2019.

Given his long-standing commitment to the Alameda County Fair and its youth programs, it is appropriate that the Amador Pavilion, which hosts livestock shows, be named the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion in his memory.

So the recommendation before your board is that you adopt a resolution to rename the Alameda County Fairgrounds Amador Pavilion, located at 2005 Valley Avenue Pleasanton as the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion.

Thank you for um regaling us with that.

I'm going to thank our GSA team for moving quickly to make this happen.

I think it was lightning speed to put this on today's agenda.

You many of us know that the 25th, Saturday, the 25th of July, we will celebrate Scott's life at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in the amphitheater with following refreshments at the farmhouse.

But we also know that Scott was a big supporter of the 4-H Club and future farmers of America.

This weekend, I was privileged to attend the annual Alameda County Fair auction.

And was given the opportunity to announce that this item was on today's agenda to arousing applause.

Everybody loved the idea of renaming or naming what is currently the Amador Pavilion.

It's the show pavilion where the animals are for showing and judging and things that Scott did for 24 years while he was a supervisor.

We're renaming that the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion arousing applause.

So we do have a resolution.

Much of what Susan read, some of it was covered, but if you'll indulge me, I'll read the resolution in its entirety because there are additional things, and I think that's just a testament to how much supervisor former Supervisor Haggerty did in his 24 years here, will add to that the full resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the Alameda County to rename Amador County Fair, Alameda County Fair Amador Pavilion, located at 2005 Valley Avenue, Pleasanton, California, whereas former Supervisor Scott Hagerty sought to improve community life and championed many initiatives related to transportation, energy, agriculture, public safety, and regional policy issues.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty was first elected in 1996 to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and served six consecutive terms on this board until his retirement in 2021.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty was also a steadfast advocate for the agricultural community in the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas of the county and a strong supporter of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty was a dedicated public servant with demonstrated commitment and vision to the residents of Alameda County, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, transportation projects, and housing and homelessness.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty was a valued partner and will be most remembered for his countless efforts to expand county services to the Tri-Valley and unincorporated areas.

He highly prioritized the county's fiscal health to promote and protect the county's long-term financial resilience.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Hagerty served as vice chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Authority, and a member of the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority, he was chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Board of Supervisors Transportation and Planning Committees.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Hagerty made notable contributions to the community, especially in key roadway and transit projects in his district, including the Highway 84 Expressway between Livermore and Sinnol, Interstate 580 Carpool and Express Lanes, the BART extension to Warm Springs, and creating the Valley Link Partnership.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty was named person of the year in 2020 by the California Transportation Foundation, which recognized him for his accomplishments as former chair of the Alameda County Transportation Commission.

And whereas former Supervisor Scott Haggerty's legacy is one of service, vision, and steadfast dedication to the public good.

And whereas the president, the board president has requested that the full board of supervisors consider renaming the Alameda County Fair Amador Pavilion in honor of former supervisor Scott Haggerty.

Now, therefore, be it resolved the Alameda County Board of Supervisors State of California hereby commends the name of the Amador Pavilion as Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion.

Be it further resolved that consistent with the Board of Supervisors policy for naming an Alameda County facility, the director of the General Services Agency shall advise the Alameda County Fair Board of the change of its name to the Scott Haggerty Amador Pavilion.

Install that name upon the building and the property and incorporate its name into county directories.

Passed and adopted, assuming we all vote for this.

Passed and adopted by the Board of Supervisors this day, July 14th, 2026.

I'll entertain other comments.

I'll recognize Supervisor Miley.

Um just having you go through all that memories of Scott and the county ministry and go through all those memories of Scott.

Um just kind of makes me sad because you know, I served with Scott.

Um when I heard of his passing.

It's difficult because not only was it difficult hearing of his passing, you know.

Um this was mentioned earlier, you know, with Supervisor Valle passing and supervisor in passing.

With all three of them.

I can't I can't believe they're gone.

Um but you know, Scott was definitely uh stood tall in the saddle, you know.

We sort of don't, you know, in the JPA dealing with the sports teams, and uh we considered him our transportation guru, our transportation czar.

I mean, he lived and breathed transportation, and um you know, there are just certain things that as a supervisor, I know I didn't have to be as focused on because I knew Scott was on top of transportation, uh like Wilmers on top of health care.

Um just really sad that he's gone.

Uh spent some time with him at his you know, vacation place on his boat.

You know, he's told me some stories, stories of which, you know, if I were to repeat them, there might not be um uh flattering to you know the state uh publicly.

Um, but you know, working with him on community choice energy, uh you know, we worked that through the transformation planning committee and gave that to the community development agency for them to make happen.

And Scott led that effort.

Um just so many things, like the county administrator said, you know, you could depend on Scott around the fiscal integrity of the county.

He's the one that brought forth the fact that we needed to pay down our you know, our pension liability.

We need to set aside funds for that.

Uh he he pushed that agenda.

Um yeah, he was you know courageous, Ed Grit.

I remember, you know, folks complaining at some point from Castor Valley, and Scott public told folks from Castro Valley, you know, you're just miners.

Why are you complaining?

You're getting everything you want.

Call them winers, yeah.

Um, we tried to get through Measure D.

Um, you know, technical amendment.

We we couldn't do that, so eventually we had to take it to the ballot, and and so as Howard you helped to move that through.

But there's just so many things Scott just led on and was that the fortitude around and um you know I I his son's his his daughters, his wife Patty, his sister Lee, you know, Lee worked up here in his office.

Um she was here.

So I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna miss Scott, just like a miss Will and Richard.

I didn't, you know, Gail was here when I got here too, and Gail's no longer here.

Um, I took Mary King's place because she didn't run again, and Mary Mary's no one.

But they were all great supervisors, and you know, we have to live up to the legacy.

We really do.

So thanks.

Indeed, we stand on the shoulders of giants, as has been described.

Supervisor Fortinata Bass.

Well, being the newest member, I did not have a chance to work with Supervisor Hack T Haggerty, but his um his reputation definitely precedes him.

I um I've talked with some of my staff who have more tenure here at the county than I do, and they definitely remember him as being very kind-hearted, certainly very strong and opinionated, but also very kind-hearted, and I think that's um um just a nice compliment of characteristics to have to be able to care for your district, the county, um, and also be able to get the work done, and certainly as we are dealing with the effects of HR 1 and many, many challenges.

Um a very real legacy that we are certainly feeling, and I appreciate is the fiscal responsibility that he brought, and knowing that our projected or our deficit was um about half of what it could have been because of the work that he and our county administrator have been doing to pay off our long-term liabilities.

So um definitely know that he is going to be missed, and unfortunately, I won't be able to make the celebration of life um on the uh 25th.

I'll be out of town.

Um, but certainly look forward to lifting up his legacy.

Thank you.

Thank you, Supervisor Marquez, and then Tam.

Yes, thank you, President Howard.

I also want to express my sincere condolences to uh former Scott Hardy's loved ones, to his colleagues.

Um I feel here, your pain, Supervisor Miley, so just know we're here to support you.

I know it's been a rough um few years.

Uh for me personally, I didn't know him very well, but I do know the work he's done with regard to his legacy around transportation, but more specifically what is now Ava Community Energy, but what initially started as East Bay Community Energy, and that is our community choice aggregation.

Everybody who lives in our county except for Alameda, look at your utility bill and your electricity comes from Ava Community Energy, and because of Supervisor Scott Haggerty's leadership, we have now expanded into San Joaquin County, and he was bold and courageous and a testament to we can do courageous things here in this county.

So just really thankful for his leadership and his vision, and he will be missed.

Supervisor Tam.

Thank you, President Howard.

I also want to express my deepest condolences to uh former Supervisor Haggerty and his family.

Um I had the opportunity obviously to work very closely with Supervisor Chan and Supervisor Lai Bitker, and they had the opportunity to work with Supervisor Haggerty.

Uh they did tell me some interesting stories, which I will not share, but uh needless to say, I I think having served on the and continue to serve on the budget and finance committee.

I think he leads a legacy that we um enjoy today when it comes to financial stewardship and stability, uh having the foresight to plan um and address our pension obligations and uh making sure that the county um is has sufficient resources to meet the needs of the most vulnerable um because in in the world that we live in, if you have no margin, there's no mission.

Um so there's a saying that we all live on borrowed time, and I think Supervisor Haggerty came up with a trick to accrue enough sufficient interest to pay off his debt.

Thank you, Supervisor Tim.

Indeed.

He lives a full life.

Uh our condolences to his family, those that can attend.

I promise you July 25th will be an amazing event and a celebration.

And just a word of caution.

Dress festive, I'm told he does not know black only festive, and be ready to celebrate.

Well, that's it.

He definitely had a party.

Yeah.

That's right.

Great shots.

Supervisor Miley, I'd appreciate if you would make this motion.

Sure, I'd like to move with a resolution.

Yes.

I'll second it.

Is there any public comment on this item?

There are no public comments.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Aye.

President Hauber.

I vote yes.

Thank you very much.

Any other items?

We have three ordinances.

So item 42 is an ordinance brought forward by Supervisor Miley.

It's the first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending the county general ordinance code to require fire firearms to be safely stored by applying trigger logs or using lock boxes and residents located within the unincorporated areas of the county.

An ordinance adding section 9.12.130 of the county of Alameda's general ordinance code regarding the safe storage of firearms in residences within the unincorporated territory of the county.

Move the way the balance of the first reading move for the introduction of the ordinance.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Miley, seconded by Supervisor Tam.

Roll call vote, please.

Can I speak to the ordinance first?

Yes.

Okay, thanks.

Yes.

Um I'm bringing this ordinance to the board.

It has gone to the unincorporated services committee quite a while ago.

And I apologize to some of the supporters of the ordinance for taking so long to get to the board because we've been trying to get this here to the board for quite some time.

Quite some time.

And uh I do think this ordinance is good public policy because you know we well, I can't say we all, but I know I believe in the second amendment.

I believe people have the right to bear arms, you know.

I you know, I'm I'm one of those people that owns um uh guns, but I think it's important that uh guns be stored and uh locked um safely and carefully so that they cannot be um accidentally um accessed by um folks who are underaged, let's say, or by uh intruders if somebody were to uh break into your place or um be used by folks who are mentally ill um or somebody who's an aperated and uh might not uh be capable of using a firearm appropriately.

I just think it's important that we have these measures in place because you know, a firearm is nothing more than a tool, um, but it's a tool that can that can kill.

And you know, that saying goes, you know, guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Um, you know, you could use a sword, you could use a knife, you could use a toothpick.

I mean, it's not a firearm, it's people who kill people, not firearms.

Um, and I know um that the issue, the trigger locks and storage facilities were not a traditional part of of the second amendment, but I do think we need to look at the second amendment in the context of contemporary times that traditionally there weren't machine guns, there weren't automatic weapons and things of that nature.

Um doesn't mean that you don't look at ways of regulating and appropriately um dealing with them so that they don't cause harm to uh innocent people.

So I do think this is appropriate uh legislation for us to be enacting in the unincorporated area.

It doesn't take away the right to bear arms, it just is just merely saying that it's important that if you own arm uh firearms that you store them and you lock them up.

Uh I appreciate county council's office for working with us on this.

Um, Jason over there, appreciate um sheriff's department for uh supporting this as well.

And I hope the board uh approves this uh ordinance today.

Thank you.

With that said, a motion's been made and seconded roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Aye, Supervisor Tam.

Aye, Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

President Howbert.

I vote yes.

Uh item 75 is the second reading of salary ordinance amendments.

An ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2025 through 2026 County of Alameda salary ordinance.

I will move to waive the full second reading and adopt the salary ordinance amendments to update Article 1 as described in 75AI and Article 3 subscribed in 75A2.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Miley.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bath.

President Howard.

I vote yes.

Item 76 is the first reading of ordinance amendments related to the MOU with the Alameda County Management Association Sheriff's Sworn Units.

The title of the first ordinance is an ordinance approving the February 15, 2026 through February 24, 2029.

Memorandum of understanding with the Alameda County Management Employees Association Share of Sworn Units 026, 027, and 028.

The title of the second ordinance is an ordinance amending certain provisions of the 2025 through 2026 County of Alameda salary ordinance.

Mr.

President, I will move to wait the full first reading and introduce the ordinance approving the MOU as described in item 76A.

And I will move to waive the full first reading and introduce salary ordinance amendments to update sections as described in 76B.

Motion's been made by Supervisor Tam, second by Supervisor Miley.

Roll call vote, please.

Supervisor Marquez.

Hi.

Supervisor Tam.

Aye.

Supervisor Miley.

Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

Hi.

President Howard.

I vote yes.

That's your last regular item.

We now have the need to adjourn rather to recess into closed session.

Before we do that, I'll take public comment on items not on today's agenda.

Anyone like wishing to make public comment on items not on today's agenda.

If you're online, please raise your hand if you would like to speak to items not on the agenda.

If you're in the room, now's the time to speak on items not on the agenda.

Kelly, go ahead.

Do you have two minutes?

Thank you.

If there are any supervisors remaining in their seats, um, I'd like to point out the irregularity, the kind of uh random kind of uh um you know chaotic nature of your public comments today, where it seems like your board doesn't really believe in the Brown Act, because when you got to item 46 about the ultra-light rail proposal, you decided that you would accept public comment because that person who spoke at your microphone and you invited them to speak, that was not your uh county staff or something uh clarifying quite that was a um what was it, an applicant or proponent or an appellant or whatever, some type of member of the public, and then you didn't allow any other members of the public to speak to that item because you only wanted to hear from the one one uh member of the public, and that doesn't seem fair, does it?

At least it doesn't seem fair to me, because I had my hand up.

And then uh secondly, you know, when you you're um recusing, it seems like you make a big show out of recusing nowadays, but I remember you know, a few few meetings ago when you were uh uh voting on uh items, and uh you were taking money from uh people who were in a position.

You're some members of this board took money from people in a position to benefit from uh your your actions, your contracts, your issuance of contracts, no bid contracts uh were issued.

And this uh type of contract issuance highly irregular.

In fact, it's uh possibly uh it is uh directly um banned by the Libine Act, and there are you know there might be penalties for that, but I know that your county council doesn't really care about about that too much, evidently, but uh we'll we'll see how that goes.

Thank you.

There are no more public comments.

We're gonna recess in the closed session.

Supervisor Miley comments.

I mean, can we recess?

I'm just asking, can we do the adjournment of folks before we recess?

Okay.

We're going to announce that when we do adjourn, which will be at the end of the meeting after we come back from closed session, but we will announce now the manner in which we will adjourn at the end of this meeting, if that's okay.

And I will do so by um first recognizing Supervisor Miley.

Did you have well I I know Supervisor Jam mentioned it earlier, I do want to adjourn in the memory of Mark Crawford, and I think when we adjourn, I'll make some comments.

So do you want to do that when we come back and actually adjourn?

Or do you want to announce that now?

I I guess what I'm saying is we we don't adjourn now, we go to recess, then we come back and then we adjourn.

Do you want to make announcements then you may make the comments now, but we cannot adjourn until after the completion of closed session.

Okay, so if it's okay for me to make these comments now, uh since we're gonna uh one person we're adjourning in the memory of is Mark Crawford.

Um, this is another tough one for me.

Um I've known Mark since I've been on the board of supervisors, and he passed away recently.

Um there'll be a celebration of his life on Friday, July 24th at the Mountain View Cemetery.

Um Mark was uh resident of Castro Valley, a tireless, I mean tireless advocate for Castro Valley Towerless.

And it wasn't as though everyone always agreed with Mark.

Um I didn't always agree with Mark.

My staff and I, uh my one of my former chief of staff, uh Seth Kaplan and I and Bob Swanson, who worked for me and lives in Castor Valley and still works for me.

Um we've we at times had to talk and try to reason with Mark.

Um but we learned as much from Mark as he learned from us.

And even if we didn't agree, I always knew that whatever Mark position Mark was taking when he came to Castro Valley, he was taking that position because he earnestly felt it was in the best interest of Castro Valley.

Um grew up in Castro Valley, went to school in Cash Valley.

His wife Helen, you know, they were in high school sweethearts.

Um got two grown sons.

Uh and once again we could always count on Mark to speak his mind and give us his opinion uh regardless of whether or not um we thought it was the you know the best opinion or the best position, uh, but he would do that.

Um he chaired, he was on the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council for a number of years.

He chaired the Castle Valley Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, and once again, because Mark is so um outspoken and determined and courageous.

I mean, uh there were people who definitely didn't care for Mark, um, who took opposite positions uh from him, uh, folks who lived in Castor Valley and were equally concerned about Castro Valley and Mark uh served on the planning commission.

He was he became the chair of the planning commission.

I pointed him to both the MAC and to the planning commission uh after he finished his time on the MAC.

Um so Castro Valley and it's gonna miss Mark.

And even though everyone in Castor Valley didn't always agree with him, it there's nothing wrong with having reasonable people disagree and having uh tension and debate, and it helps to sharpen positions on issues, and Mark would ensure that that was happening.

Um so all I can say is I I feel for his wife Helen.

I I you know I I grieve for her.

Um because Mark's passing is untimely and and his two sons and his family and friends, and also um grieve that we're we're gonna miss Mark's service uh to the community, both Castro Valley and um the greater Alameda County.

So I just want to have Mark know that we love him and want him to rest in peace, rest in power.

Thank you, Supervisor Miley, indeed condolences to his entire family and the community.

He does leave a big hole in our hearts and will be missed.

Supervisor um Marquez, you have a couple of uh supervisor Tam, yeah, you actually wanted to bring this up.

Would you like to say a few words in honor of adjourning and the name of Mark Crawford?

Um thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, as the Supervisor Miley noted, uh we work very closely with Mark because uh we are on the unincorporated services um committee, and he was a longtime advocate and public official, having served I think six years on the Alameda County Planning Commission and 10 years on the uh Castle Valley MAC and I think Supervisor Miley had appointed him to the fair board recently.

And so uh I Supervisor Miley said he was very opinionated, and um there were things that I didn't completely agree with him, especially on the housing element, but um I respected his position, I respected his advocacy, and I want to express my condolences as well to his wife Helen and his sons for this very untimely passing.

Thank you, Supervisor Marquez.

Thank you, President Howard.

I also want to adjourn in memory of two elders that we lost that were former residents and displaced.

Um they used to reside in Russell City.

The first one is Jesse Mae Patterson Johnson.

Um, as I mentioned earlier today, she's the mother of Caroline Johnson, who we all are very familiar with.

And then the second person is Jose Cota, and he was known to be the longest living resident from Russell City.

He passed away, unfortunately, of the age of 104, and um Mrs.

Johnson was 85, and they were both deeply devoted to their families, people of faith, and just people that carried a lot of pride of their culture, their ethnicity, their beloved community.

So I just wanted to express my sincere condolences to all of their loved ones who are mourning their loss.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I know we will also be adjourning in uh memory and honor of former supervisor Scott Haggerty.

With that said, we will recess into closed session.

Okay, everyone, we're going to reconvene from close session.

I'll ask the clerk to please call the roll to establish our quorum.

Supervisor Marquez, excuse Supervisor Tam.

Present.

Supervisor Miley, Supervisor Fortunato Bass.

President Haubert.

Present.

We have a quorum.

County council is anything to report out from closed session.

No, President Harper.

No reportable action was taken when we reassessed into closed session for the second time today.

Thank you.

A scene as all business before us has been completed, we are now adjourned.

That was weird.